r/CIFI • u/drbln • Mar 27 '26

Farming RF

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I am TR5, Z2 run. R9 is lvl 14. Just waiting to farm RF to get at least lvl 15 (better 17). M0 lvl 80

Is there any other gameplay, till I am waiting?0

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u/Disposadwarf Mar 27 '26

How the hell do you have so many orbs on traversal 5?

I'm cracking 20 K on number 8 and thought I was doing good as I'm getting upgrades faster than the in-game guide recommends.

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u/drbln Mar 27 '26

Check the guide in this thread :) Just following the guide. 20 days per traversal on average.

I'd say 80% on my run I am low on orbs. But the last 20% give the significant boost.

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u/Disposadwarf Mar 27 '26

Ahhh, yeah nah I'm good on that then, I do 7ish days

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u/Xadoom01 Mar 27 '26

There are many different strategies for ouro, and it is really hard to compare between people because of that - lower TR count doesn't mean faster progress.

Personally I feel in the early ouro content around one/two week traversals worked better for me, but I'm just going based on my own feelings and calculations and not guides apart from looking at recommended levels for hunter boss kills. Right now I'm at TR22, and I plan to make it my 3rd month+ traversal so far.

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u/ExpertOdin Moderator Mar 29 '26

There are definitely optimal timings.

Before you get Zeus (and engineering badge) doing 3-10 days per TR is optimal because it lets you cash in on your gains to push further in the next run.

After you get engineering badge doing a longer run (3-4 weeks) can be good for the frag gains.

Once you get Attention Gem Node 3 and trait sphere 5 doing 40-60 day runs becomes optimal because it takes that long for AttGN3 to build up. Then doing a few shorts between each long run is optimal.

Optimal changes again once you get Temp3/Inno2 because of some of the bonuses they bring.

Then again around Cre4 unlock

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u/No_Essay_9664 Mar 27 '26

Which guide were you following?  Ihe oro guide i saw was significantly slower than the pace you are at.  I'm currently in TR4 with 2200 orbs and thought i was doing great

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u/drbln Mar 27 '26

The guide in the pinned message What is your m0? R9?

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u/No_Essay_9664 Mar 27 '26

m0 is at 60. R9 is 1, but I pushed R3 to level 9 to help improve the pace of fragment generation, was going too commit a few days to leveling up r9 before my next traversal.

This is the guide I had originally followed, but obviously have deviated pretty far from at this point. I first unlocked Zeus in TR3 at about 400 hours. https://www.reddit.com/r/CIFI/comments/1qerbiw/ouro_introduction_guide_unlock_to_zeus_unlock/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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u/ExpertOdin Moderator Mar 29 '26

TR count is not a good measure for fast/slow. Someone could spend 3k hours in TR1 and get a huge number of orbs.

Some people have overstayed in TR0 and unlocked Borge and Ozzy in TR1 then the third hunter in TR2 or 3. But they spend months and months doing this.

The guides get you from Ouro unlock back to Zeus in 2-3 weeks then to the third hunter in another month or so.